Boko Haram regional mastermind arrested in Niger

The suspected mastermind of different attacks by Boko Haram
islamist sect in Niger’s Diffa region near the Nigerian border
has been arrested by Nigerian security forces, local media
reported Thursday.
Niger’s Anfani private radio station said the suspect going by the
name Kaka Bounou, was a trader based in Diffa. He had a title
of a captain in Boko Haram, and was behind all the attacks
carried out in Diffa.
“He is a habitual offender who had been arrested several times
and released, including by the Nigerian judiciary,” the same
source said. Elsewhere, security forces in Maine-Soroa town, 80 km west of
Diffa, on Thursday managed to halt a suicide bomber who was
carrying explosives.
Nigerien forces have continued with the fight against Boko
Haram and are still in the Nigerian territory where they have
liberated the town of Damasak that had been held by the islamist
sect for a long time.